Convertible furniture.



A. D. ELLOTT.

NVERTIBLE FUHNlTURE.

,1.11L1C11'110N P11131) 11111115, 1911,

Patented Dec. l5, 1914.

Y/U/Zoff i). ELLIOTT, or"` VIOLA, ILLINOIS.l

CONVEILTlBLE FURNITURE.

Speciication of Letters Patent.

PatentedlDec. 15, 19,141.

Application led January 15, 1914. Serial No. 812,323.

ToaZZ whom it mal concern.'

Be it known t at I, ALEXANDER D,` EL- Liorr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Viola, in the county of Mercer and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Convertible Furniture, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to an article of furniture which normally forms a seat, chair or settee but which may be readily extended or opened up to form a bed or couch. For this purpose it comprises a stationary member upon which is pivoted a swinging member which may be folded up with or against the stationary member to` provide the back and. arms of a chair, bench or settee and which when swung into the open position furnishes a part of the sup- 2() port for the mattress.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown two specifically different articles of furniture embodying my inventionV and in the following specification I have described the same in detail but it is to be understood .that the specific disclosure is for the puryof the preferred forms of my invention, re-

ferred to above, in open position in full lines and in closed position in dotted lines, and Fig. 2 a similar view of the other, parts however being broken away in the latter figure to more clearly disclose the construction, and the dotted lines showing an intermediate` position of the parts; fifa?) is a plan andl Fig. 4 a side elevation ofpa detail of that form of the invention shown in Fig. 2 landlig. 5, is anelevation of another detail thereof to bedescribed later.`

As, will be ap arent from the following descri tion the ramework of the furniture embo ying my invention maybe made of wood and'metal or all of'metal as desired.

Sears is the drei/inst)` which are weeectedl to form a rigid structureA by any desiredA number of transverse stri s 7, 8 and by a;

round rod 9 at the lower ront ends. of the same which also forms the hinge or pivot for the swinging member l0. l

The latter is shown in elevation in th I figure, the plane of sectionof said figure being between the sanicand the stationary` side frame which is not shown. The pivoted member 10 comprises a rectangular frame 11 which upon one face is provided with a cushion l2 or may be otherwise finished off to furnish a back when the arti-.-

cle lisfolded for use as a chair or settee, and

on the other side carries thewire webbing, which4 forms a part of the support for the hair or other mattress. This swinging meinber. also includes a pair of bars 13 which when the furniture is in its folded condif,

tion forinuthe arms of the chair or, settee finished off in any desired manner and as shown -are designed with the spindles 141.1 commonly found in the sides of settees,

chairs etc., and are made more rigid by' braces 15, 16, preferably of metal and Con-,1.

necting the members 17 with the frame 11,-

as shown and suitable cross-pieces connectI the sides into a firm rigid structure.

The support for the hair or other mattress'` comprises in addition to the swinging frameY 11 referred to above, a rear bodily movable frame 18 and an intermediate frame 19,

eachhof which is rectangular in plan andiv provided with wire webbing. If .desired the wire webbing can be continuous througl'i---,v

out the three frames, though preferably, for convenience in folding, the adjacent edges of the webbing on` the frames are uncon nected. ,The longitudinal members of the rear frame 1.8 carry at their rear ends and upon theouter faces thereof rollers :20 which cngagcftracks 2l formed in or attached to; the side members 6 of thestationary frame.

which supports said frame wlienthe article ofA furniture is extended into a bed beingfy provided for this purpose with rollers or pro]ect1ons 25 at its outer. lower rear cor-f ners,;which` are received in tracks 27on the-1110 jof, the end frames of the stationary;

meinbelffiraces 28, supportthelintermef diate points of these tracks. It will now be into the position shown in dotted lines. The seat 29 of the settee is provided with a depending panel 29 and is pivoted to the swinging frame at 30 and connected by links 31 with the lower forward corners of boxing 24 so that it swings or revolves in the swinging frame from the position shown in full lines to that shown in dotted lines as the swinging member is folded upon the stationary member to form a chair or settec.

In the modification shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4: and 5, the stationary and swinging frames are or may be substantially the same as-in the modification just described vand corresponding parts thereof are identified by the same numerals of reference with primes applied thereto, however. The channeled guides for the rear ends of the rear frame and for the boxing are omitted, however, and other expediente adopted for securing correct movement of said movable members. For this purpose the edges 10a of the sides of the swinging member are perpendicular at their upper portion to the mattress-supporting frame and are engaged by the adj a-v cent longitudinal members of the boxing 24 and hold the latter level in the positionv shown in full lines in Fig. 2. The bodilymovable frame 18 is, as in the earlier described modification, pivoted by its side members to tlie upper rear corners of the boxing. The rear ends are supported and guided in` plates 33 (see Figs. 2 and 5) attached tothe rear edges of the side pieces 6v of the stationary frame, which plates are slotted at their upper edges to receive the depending flanges 181 of said frames. The anges extend beyond. the points 24 at which 'they are pivoted to the boxing and are notched at their forward ends as at 18b for the purpose ofl engaging studs 32 upon the ends of the boxing as the swinging member is closed upon the stationary member (see dottedflines in Fig. 2). The seat 29 is connected to the boxing in the same manner as is that of the earlier-described form of the invention. As the swinging member is raised to close it upon the stationary member the bodily-movable frame 18 is first thrust rearwardly by reason of lthe movement of the boxing and then tilted upon the supports 33 until its notched ends engage the studs 32 upon the boxing. Further movement of the swinging member causesthe boxing toswing about the pivots by which it is connected to the swinging member so that it ultimately reaches a`-po- .sitionsimilar to the closed position of the boxing 21 in the modificationshown in Fig.

I '1.' The vseat 29 is pivoted at 30 in the sides ofthe swinging member and also connected by links 31 to the boxing whereby it is caused to follow the latter and ultimately assume the position shown in dotted lines in-Fig. 1. It will thus be seen that the movement of the parts of the modification shown in Fig. 2 is very similar indeed to' that of the parts of the earlier-described form of the invention and the ultimate poopen position and to fold against said stationary frame, a bodily movable frame,' pivotal connections between said bodilyv movable frame and swinging frame, and guides engaging and adapted to raise the free end of the bodily movablev frame and direct the latter into a substantially vertiffi" cal position as the article is closed.

2. ln an article of furnitureof the class described, a stationary frame, a swinging frame pivoted thereto and adapted to form a partial support for a mattress when inr open position and to fold against said sta- L tionary frame, a bodily movable frame, an intermediate frame pivoted between the bodily movable frame and the swinging frame and guides engaging and adapted to raise the free end of ,the bodily movable frame and direct the latter into a substantially vertical position as the article is closed.

3. In an article of furniture of the class described, a stationary frame, a swinging frame pivoted thereto and adapted to form a partial support for a mattress when in' open position and to fold against the stationary frame, a bodily movable frame, an intermediate frame pivoted between the bodily. movable and swinging frames, means for supporting the intermediate frame and guides on the stationary frame, engaging and adapted to raise the free end of the bodily movable frame and direct the latter into a substantially verticalv position when the article of furniture is closed. i

4;. In an article of furniture of the class described, a stationary frame, a swinging frame pivoted thereto and adapted to form a partial support for a mattress when in open position and to fold against the stationary frame, a bodily movable frame,

guides on the stationary frame adapted to" guide* said1L bodily movable frame from the horizontal position' when open toa silbstaiir-` tially vertical position when closed, an intermediate frame pivoted between the bodily movable and swinging frames, studs on the intermediate frame and guides on the stationary frame receiving the studs.

In an article of furniture of the class described. a stationary frame, a swinging frame pivoted thereto and adapted to form a partial support for a mattress when in open position and to fold against said sta tionary frame, a bodily movable frame, pivotal connections between said bodily movable frame and swinging frame, studs on the free end of the bodily movable frame and inclined guides upon the stationary frame with which said studs coperate to direct said bodily movable frame from a horizontal position when open to a substantially vertical position when closed.

6. In an article of furniture of the class described7 a stationary frame, a swinging frame pivoted thereto and adapted to form a partial support for a mattress when in open position and to told against said stationary frame. a bodily movable frame, an intermediate frame between the swinging and bodily movable frames and pivoted theretol` means on the stationary frame for supporting the intermediate frame, studs on the free end of the bodily movable frame, and inclined guides on the stationary frame coperating with said studs to guide the bodily movable frame from a horizontal to a substantially vertical position.

T. In an article of furniture of the class described, a stationary frame, a swinging frame pivoted thereto and adapted to form a partial support for a mattre when in open position and to fold against said stationary frame, a bodily movable frame, an intermediate frame pivoted to said bodily movable and swinging frames, a seat member pivoted to the swinging frame, and connections from the seat member to the inter- .mediate frame tor swinging the former.

8. In an article of furniture of the class described, a stationary frame, a swinging frame pivoted thereto and adapted to form a partial support for a mattress when in open position and to fold against said stationary frame, a seat carried by said swinging frame, a bodily movable frame, pivotal connections between said bodily movable frame and swinging frame, and guides for the free ends of the bodily movable frame on the stationary frame adapted to guide said bodily movable frame from a horizontal to a vertical position'.

9. In an article of furniture of the class described, a stationary frame having a suitable base, a swinging frame pivoted to the base at the forward edge thereof and comprising a mattress-supporting section, a bodily movable frame pivotally connected to said mattress-supporting section of the swinging frame and coperating at its free end with guides upon the stationary frame whereby said bodily movable frame is driven rearwardly by the swinging frame when the latter is closed and turned from a horizontal to a vertical position.

lO. In an article ot furniture of the class described, a stationary frame comprising a substantially1 rectangular base and an upright back portion, a swinging frame pivoted to the front edge of the base and having a mattress-supporting section which is substantially horizontal when said swinging frame is open and engages the upright section of the stationary frame when in closed position, an intermediate mattress-supporting member pivoted to the swinging frame, a bodily movable mattress-supporting frame pivoted to the intermediate member at the rear edge thereof, the rear end of said bodily movable member engaging guides on the upright portion of the stationary frame whereby it is guided from a horizontal to a vertical position as the swinging member is raised.

ALEXANDER D. ELLIOTT.

F. P. Davis. 

